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Download the presentation slides here   Description: Schools are often in a position to respond to unfolding crisis and tragedy as they are happening. How do we respond? What practices and resources do we implement in real time to support our students and their families in collaboration with community partners? There are increasing expectations that schools engage in response efforts, as a hub of the community. This session will provide practical information about responsive practices and supportive resources to promote collective resilience during episodes of hardship and trauma. We will discuss the responsibility we have to our students, our colleagues, and ourselves when faced with urgent or ongoing stressors. Our focus will be on culturally responsive approaches, opportunities for iterative learning and improvement, and feature local and state examples in the Southeast and nationally.    Learning Objectives: Understand the components of trauma-informed organizations, including types of traumatic events and intersection of schools and communities during crisis response. Learn how to incorporate trauma-informed and resilience-oriented responses when crisis and/or tragedy are happening. Recognize opportunities to make ongoing improvements during real-time implementation of best practice trauma response. Promote cross-state networking and shared learning about navigating toward recovery during traumatic events.   Resources:  SMH Crisis Management Leadership Lessons Reflections Worksheet: https://mhttcnetwork.org/media/10097 SMH Crisis Management Leadership Lessons Guide: https://mhttcnetwork.org/media/10098   Speaker:    Christina Borbely PhD [“borbay”], is a developmental psychologist (Columbia University, 2004) in Aptos, CA. She is coordinator of professional development for Santa Cruz County California Behavioral Health Services and leads her own consulting firm specialized in translating research science into developmentally relevant and culturally competent practices. She strives to support thriving youth in healthy families within safe communities based on connecting evidence of what works to the people and systems serving them (e.g., teachers, social workers, administrators, or volunteers). 

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE This document focuses on multicultural themes for members of the mental health/behavioral health workforce. It was developed in conjunction with the "Staff Kaleidoscope for Multicultural Providers: Perspective on Our Field" webinar held on April 27, 2022. View the recorded webinar and other related resources here.     Terms of use and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) disclosure statement

  ABOUT THIS RESOURCE This document describes best practices for supervisors of peer specialists and was developed in conjunction with the "Supervising Peer Specialists: How supervision can help peer specialists remain peer when working on clinical teams" webinar held on June 7, 2022. View the recorded webinar and other related resources here.     Terms of use and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) disclosure statement

Authors Kirill Staklo (he/him) and Nze Okoronta (they/them) provide an overview of the necessary information for the integration of Peer Specialists in hotline programming for equity and sustainability. Topics include: Intro to the Peer Role, Medical trauma and minority stress, Hotline work: How is it different?, Informed consent and harm reduction, Best practices in service establishment and training, and further resources.

About this Resource:   The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® is a skills-based wellness and prevention program that provides a biological, non-stigmatizing perspective on normal human reactions to stress and trauma. In this on-demand recording, the facilitators help participants understand their nervous system and learn to track sensations connected to their own wellbeing. This low-intensity intervention teaches easy-to-learn skills to manage difficult emotions which can be brought on by stressful personal or professional situations.  CRM was developed at the Trauma Resource Institute by Elaine Miller-Karas [Miller-Karas, E. (2015). Building resilience to trauma: The trauma and community resiliency models. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group]. For more information: www.crmgeorgia.com

View Session Recording The Northeast and Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) at Rutgers University will provide monthly webinars to support you in developing your school-based mental health services and supports. During these sessions, the MHTTC, in collaboration with school mental health experts and New Jersey district exemplars will focus on the core features of effective school mental health practices.

View Session Recording The Northeast and Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) at Rutgers University will provide monthly webinars to support you in developing your school-based mental health services and supports. During these sessions, the MHTTC, in collaboration with school mental health experts and New Jersey district exemplars will focus on the core features of effective school mental health practices.

View Slide Deck The Northeast and Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) at Rutgers University will provide monthly webinars to support you in developing your school-based mental health services and supports. During these sessions, the MHTTC, in collaboration with school mental health experts and New Jersey district exemplars will focus on the core features of effective school mental health practices.

View Slide Deck The Northeast and Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) at Rutgers University will provide monthly webinars to support you in developing your school-based mental health services and supports. During these sessions, the MHTTC, in collaboration with school mental health experts and New Jersey district exemplars will focus on the core features of effective school mental health practices.

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE In July, the Northwest MHTTC observes Minority Mental Health Awareness Month to acknowledge the struggles faced by BIPOC individuals with mental health concerns due to racism within and beyond the mental healthcare system. We also share events happening across our network and resources on equity, peer support services in crisis care, and combating stigma.

The Great Lakes Current is the e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.   The July 2022 issue features content related to Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, World Hepatitis Day (July 28), Naloxone Vending Machine (NVM) Implementation, and the new Comprehensive Culturally Responsive Glossary. You will also find links to all the upcoming events and trainings for the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC. 

  ABOUT THIS RESOURCE This webinar explores how to increase LGBTQ youth suicide awareness from the family perspective. Offered in collaboration with Oregon Family Support Network.   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Presentation slides  Highlights & Key Concepts Document 50 Simple Self-Care Practices for a Healthy Mind, Body, and Soul Awareness and Information Resources Fifteen Apps Parents Should Know About The 10 Life Domains Self-Care for Families and Family Members Suicide in America: Frequently Asked Questions LGBTQIA+ Behavioral Health Resources from the Northwest MHTTC Webinar Recordings and Resources on Crisis Planning and Family Partner Training Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Overview from the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health from the Trevor Project Voices of Youth Count Initiative from Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago Resources on Stigma from the TTC Network Trans Lifeline Self-Paced Course: "Providing Affirming Care to the LGBTQ+ Community" on HealtheKnowledge   FACILITATOR Shawna Canaga Shawna Canaga is a Family Support Specialist and the statewide Peer Delivered Services Trainer for Oregon Family Support Network (OFSN). OFSN is a family run organization that promotes mental, behavioral, and emotional wellness for families and youth through education, support, and advocacy. Shawna comes to this position with over a decade of experience supporting youth and families, and with lived experience as a mother of an adult child with complex mental health needs. Throughout both of these journeys Shawna has cultivated a passion for supporting family-driven and person-centered care within the youth and family serving systems.  

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE This 2-hour webinar will provide a foundational understanding of the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Standards (NCLAS) and how they can be adapted for healthcare systems and educational systems providing school mental health. Participants will review these standards through a cultural perspective. They will explore an overview of NCLAS concepts and how these can be adapted for within health services and educational system. This webinar will explore the principal fourteen standards that focus on three themes: governance and leadership; communication and language assistance; and accountability, quality improvement and community engagement. The NCLAS are a set of 15 action steps intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by providing a blueprint for individuals and health and health care organization to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate service. The NCLAS are a way to improve the quality of services provided to all individuals, which will ultimately help reduce health disparities and achieve health equity. NCLAS is about respect and responsiveness: respect the whole individual and respond to the individual’s health needs and preferences.   Learning Objectives: Recall facts and basic concepts related to the NCLAS Interpret how the NCLAS can be implemented within health care and school mental health settings Describe the standards and are adapted to advance health and education equity and help eliminate disparities and disproportionalities within schools. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Presentation slides  Highlights & Key Concepts Document Video shown during presentation of a sign language interpreter at a Snoop Dogg Concert National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards (NCLAS Standards) CLAS Implementation Guide CLAS Self-Assessment Tool Behavioral Health Implementation Guide for the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness in Telehealth Brief from the South Southwest MHTTC Recorded Webinar: Delivering Mental Health Services Through a Cultural Lens: What Can We ALL Do? from the Pacific Southwest MHTTC Recorded Webinar: Integrating Cultural and Linguistic Competence: Leading From Where You Are from the Pacific Southwest MHTTC Compilation of products and resources on cultural responsiveness, racial equity and cultural diversity for the mental health workforce, curated by the MHTTC Cultural Responsiveness Working Group Compilation of products and resources on health equity and inclusion from the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network Compilation of products and resources on health equity and inclusion from the Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network   FACILITATORS Suganya Sockalingam, PhD  Dr. Sockalingam is a Founding Partner and Change Specialist at Change Matrix, LLC, a small minority- and women-owned business focusing on motivating, managing, and measuring systems change. Dr. Sockalingam supports individuals, organizations and systems address Equity including diversity, Inclusion, Implicit bias and structural racism, cultural competence, and cross-cultural communication. Additionally, Dr. Sockalingam focuses on Leadership Development including leadership shifts (in times of change and in chaos/turbulence), change management, collaboration, and conflict engagement. Dr. Sockalingam provides technical assistance via the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, (SAMHSA) and the Technical Assistance Resource Center funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau Home Visiting Program. She has served in a similar capacity in past projects. She serves as faculty to leadership development for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Previously, Dr. Sockalingam founded and directed a consulting firm called TeamWorks International LLC. She also served as Associate Director of the Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence, and prior to that Director of the Oregon Health Division’s Office of Multicultural Health. Suganya has co-authored book chapters, issue briefs and other publications. She earned her doctorate at Washington State University.   Scott van Loo, MA Scott van Loo joined Change Matrix full time as a Project Director and Change Consultant after leaving his role as Director of the Learning Effectiveness Program (LEP) at the University of Denver. Scott is the founder and president of Cedar Tree Consulting, an organization that provides transformational learning experiences focused on equity, change and leadership. He has almost 30 years of experience in pk-16 education including elementary and high school teaching and central and building-level administration with a background in Special Education, English Language Learners, Homeless Education, Equity and Diversity training and parent programs. Scott is the former Director of the César Chavez Cultural Center at the University of Northern Colorado where he helped recruit, retain and support hundreds of Latinx students and helped create several endowed student scholarships. He has been a facilitator with the National Coalition for Equity in Education, Respecting Ethnic and Cultural Heritage Center, the Anti-Defamation League and the Generating Expectations for Student Achievement program. As the grandson of Lebanese immigrants and Dutch Americans, Scott is passionate about creating safe spaces for equitable dialogue and transformational experiences that promote and challenge individuals’ thinking and professional growth. He has facilitated equity work with Colleges, Universities, school districts and corporations across the United States. Scott has volunteered with the U.S. Armed Forces Entertainment Unit, traveling overseas for three tours and entertaining hundreds of service women and men and he currently plays in a Denver-based salsa band. He has a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies: Music and Business, an M.A. in Special Education, master’s level courses in Educational Leadership including a principal’s license and Doctoral work in Organizational Development. Scott has a wonderful partner, Candice, and they live in the mountains just outside of Denver, Colorado, have four adult children and a dog. Terms of use and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) disclosure statement

This podcast was produced as part of promotions for the upcoming webinar, Community of Practice: Equity and Inclusion in Behavioral Health Work hosted by Shawn Sorrell.   Webinar description:  Current political environment around equity and inclusion in the workplace has made it challenging for practitioners to provide effective evidence-based practices towards prevention, treatment, and recovery.  Behavioral health practitioners are required now more than ever to pay closer attention to these challenges in the workplace.  Join us for a discussion around increasing awareness, effectively navigating challenges, and moving towards action.   Equity versus equality  Treatment courts  Advocacy for those harmed   Restorative Justice    About Shawn: Shawn Sorrell currently serves as the Hennepin County Diversity Equity and Inclusion Department manager and Race Equity Advisory Council strategic liaison.  His prior Hennepin County service was as the Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation Diversity and Equal Justice Unit Manager, former Lead Safety trainer and prior position as a Senior Human Resources Representative. HueLife consultant, providing training, professional development and other facilitation services to communities and organizations. His experiences includes consultation and collaboration with public and private entities to design and implement organizational change strategies and training programs. Current responsibilities include coordinating and overseeing county-wide strategic initiatives, develop and track metrics of progress of change and research best practices, benchmarks, and tools for summary reports and recommendations. He’s a Certified Technology of Participation Methods (ToPs) Facilitator/Trainer and Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Qualified Administrator. HIs community and non-profit board participation consists of Avenues for Youth Board of Directors Vice-President, Volunteer Lawyers Network (VLN) Board of Directors member, Woodbury YMCA community board chair, Woodbury Public Safety Multicultural Advisory Committee member, Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Cultural and Ethnic Communities Leadership Council member, Metro Urban Indian Directors Public Safety committee member, 4th District Courts Equal Justice Committee member and Nexus Community Partners Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) 2020-2021 Fellow.   Learn more about the Leadership Institute Community of Practice                       

July 7, 2022 Coordinated specialty care for early psychosis is an evidence-based treatment model aimed at fostering resilience and recovery for individuals who have experience a first episode of psychosis or are at clinical high risk for developing psychosis. Each webinar will be co-presented by a professional with expertise in that component of care, as well as an individual with lived experience who can speak to how this aspect of care was meaningful in their journey towards recovery. This series is geared towards any individuals that are new to working on an Early Psychosis Specialty Team – including students, clinicians, prescribers, supported employment specialists, family clinicians, and peer specialists.    

July 6, 2022 Better Together: A Proactive Journey Toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion The New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (New England MHTTC) is committed to ensuring equitable outcomes for all. In 2020, amid ongoing racial injustice and grave civic and political unrest, the New England MHTTC launched a strategic process to guide the organization's intentional efforts to expand its racial equity lens—in terms of its policies, structure, activities, and engagements with racially diverse audiences. Learn more about the organization's "Better Together" journey and the internal and external tactics they employed to better serve and engage communities of color, in a consistent and practical way, from members of the New England MHTTC Team.   To view the slide deck that pairs with this presentation, click here. 

About this Resource:  The Southeast MHTTC Newsletter highlights upcoming events and recently released products as well as shares information on available resources from SAMHSA and the MHTTC network.  The July 2022 issue recognizes National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, highlights our upcoming events and recent products, and provides resources available through the MHTTC Network and SAMHSA to connect individuals to needed treatment and support. 

Financial Literacy Booklet developed for School Mental Health Program

Download the presentation slides here   Description: With natural and man-made crisis events increasing in frequency, schools and school mental health providers are being called upon to meet both the physical safety and social-emotional needs of students following exposure to a crisis event. Part of that readiness is a well-developed crisis plan combined with healing-centered and resilience-promoting policies and programming. Crisis readiness is both a school- and community-wide imperative that ideally is part of a wider trauma-informed approach already used in many schools. It requires dedicated planning and intentional implementation for which school mental health providers are particularly well suited. Advanced planning for crisis readiness and response focuses on building comprehensive plans in collaboration with school and community partners while working to build individual and community-wide resilience through trauma-informed practices. While this training focuses primarily on early intervention, it addresses both single incident crises and ongoing crises (e.g., community violence), and therefore emphasizes the development of responsive systems and procedures that are iterative and create opportunities for ongoing learning and improvement. This training will review best practices for planning and highlight resources that will help school mental health providers build their toolboxes for crisis readiness and response.   Learning Objectives: Participants will: Understand and identify the types of collective trauma students in their school may face. Increase awareness of trauma-informed and healing-centered strategies that promote individual and community resilience. Identify resources and training opportunities that will aid in the development of crisis response plans that address the social-emotional wellbeing of students prior to the onset of a collective trauma occurrence. Promote cross-state networking and shared learning about navigating toward recovery during traumatic events.   Speaker:    Berre Burch, Ph.D., is the clinical director at the Children's Bureau of New Orleans where she oversees clinical programs that serve approximately 400 children, youth, and their families each year. A school psychologist by training, Dr. Burch has spent her career providing direct clinical services and systems-level consultation and support to address issues of childhood trauma. In her current role with the Children's Bureau, Dr. Burch partners with schools and other youth-serving organizations like courts, child advocacy centers, and workforce development programs to embed and deliver evidence-based, trauma-informed care in community settings. Dr. Burch earned her doctorate at Tulane University with a specialization in Trauma-Informed School Psychology and completed her clinical internship with the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Recording of Native Food is Medicine: Providing Support for AI/AN Youth through the Healing Power of Food Part 2. Join us as we share our cultural connection to food, apply a balanced way of eating, and incorporate Indigenous traditions into our lives with the healing power of food. We welcome Dr. Vanessa Quezada (Kickapoo/Chichimeca). She is a pharmacist and founding member of SanArte Healing and Cultura clinic. Her work is at the intersections of Native traditional healing, food sovereignty and renewable energy that build more life-giving systems. Participants will become knowledgeable in providing emotional/ resilient support for AI/AN youth. Our school communities will develop healthier eating habits for successful outcomes in and out of the classroom. We will reflect upon our cultural connections to food and discuss the importance of sugar stability in the body as related to mental health support. We will learn how to adapt a balanced way of eating and discuss the role of stress, sleep and exercise. Together, we will develop plans for improving access to our traditional foods. Session #2

Recording of the event Geriatric Mental Health in the Black Community, originally held on June 30, 2022.     Slide Presentation

  Objectives:  Discuss mental, behavioral, and developmental conditions for which medications are appropriate Discuss basic best practices for treatment of common behavioral health conditions Identify misconceptions about common psychotropic medications for children and adolescents Describe the process for requesting expert behavioral health consultation to manage mild to moderate behavioral health concerns in primary care  Presented by: Cynthia R. Ellis, MD Dr. Cynthia Ellis is a Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the Department of Developmental Medicine at the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation. She is board certified in Pediatrics, Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Dr. Ellis received her medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and completed residency training in Pediatrics and fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Medical College of Virginia/VCU. She has been practicing in the field of Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics for over 20 years. She has extensive clinical, research, and educational experience with children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and behavioral/emotional disorders. Her clinical expertise is in the psychopharmacological management of children with developmental disabilities and other behavioral disorders. She has also published extensively in the field. Dr. Ellis is the Director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s MCH-funded LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities) and ALA (Autism Leadership Academy) Interdisciplinary Training Programs. Dr. Ellis has served as the medical director for numerous public school and interdisciplinary community-based programs and as a research consultant in the field of developmental disabilities. She also participates in a number of other leadership positions on committees and boards.     Learn more about this series: Tele-Behavioral Health Consultation (TBHC) Primary Care Webinar Series    

Out of the Box Engagement Exercise Handout The Out of the Box Engagement Exercise was an opportunity for conference attendees to participate in collaborative dialogue across difference at the 2022 South Southwest MHTTC FEP Conference. Conference attendees were assigned to groups and asked to reflect on and submit ideas for re-envisioning engagement in the support of recovery. To learn more about what ideas conference attendees had during this collaborative dialogue group, please find the “Out of the Box Engagement” Exercise handout. The South Southwest MHTTC team organized the ideas by the themes: centering peer support, coordinating and deconstructing our systems, embedding care in community, funding and access, holistic/person-centered care, interventions for staff, particular interventions/next steps, public education, using technology to build community. Each theme includes a brief description.  

Virtual attendees during the 2022 South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) First Episode Psychosis (FEP) Conference also had the opportunity to ask questions through the Q&A feature. Although many questions were answered during the time of the event, some questions were saved and answered by speakers after the event. The attached handout includes a list of questions that were answered by speakers in writing after the conference.   Q&A Handout